The former NY Giants linebacker and Pro Football Hall of Famer told the NY Daily News on Sunday that he supports the Cowboys’ decision to sign Hardy after allegations that he abused his ex-girlfriend, threw her onto a pile of guns and threatened to kill her.
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One of the most crucial elements of a winning team, chemistry is a critical component missing from the 2015 Dallas Cowboys and it seems to revolve around one player, defensive end Greg Hardy. There was defensive tackle Tank Johnson who was caught by television cameras on the Cowboys’ bench during the team’s season-ending 44-7 loss to the Philadelphia Eagles proclaiming, “I’m a free agent!”
Hardy, however, was suspended for the first four games of the season because of the incident and for violating the NFL’s personal-conduct policy.
Robert Klemko of Monday Morning Quarterback said, “I think the amount of leeway Greg Hardy is getting in Dallas has gone beyond what is typically afforded troubled stars and broached into locker room cancer territory”. He was initially found guilty by a North Carolina judge but then asked for a jury trial. You’re off Twitter.’ And, ‘Dez, you do that again we are going to have to a serious monetary talk pal, and I don’t care if I have to discipline you.’ Or Hardy, or name it. Pick anybody else who steps out of line, ‘I can lose without you guys’. However, Hardy appealed the ruling, and the charges against him were dismissed after Holder refused to cooperate with the district attorney’s office.
Photos showing bruises and abrasions on the body of Holder were published recently by Deadspin.
Hardy’s late arrival Thursday came a day after he briefly changed his Twitter profile claiming his innocence in a domestic violence incident in May 2014. “The good news is we go forward”. Assuming he plays out the rest of the season and the Cowboys don’t make the playoffs, that’s seven more games at which Hardy would earn this sum, which totals to around $4.05 million.
Meanwhile, owner Jerry Jones said the blame for the Cowboys’ seven-game losing streak starts with him. “We needed these last two, three, four ballgames”. “We expect him to do the right thing”.
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“We’re not gonna address that”, Jones said, via Jeff Cavanaugh of 105.3 The Fan in Dallas. We see if we get what’s expected of him, which I fully anticipate you would get. We’re simply just not obviously playing average and that’s very disappointing.
